ANUP PANDEY MADE NEW IDC

LUCKNOW: In a major administrative reshuffle, the UP government shifted on Thursday 36 IAS officers, including several principal secretaries and 12 district magistrates, here on Thursday. While Anup Chandra Pandey has been made the new industrial development commissioner, Alok Tandon takes over as chairman NOIDA and MD Noida Metro Rail Corporation.

Alok Sinha has been appointed principal secretary, infrastructure and industrial development. Sanjiv Kumar Mittal would be the new principal secretary, finance, while Lalit Verma has been appointed additional chief secretary, general administration department. Amit Mohan Prasad replaces Rajnish Kumar Gupta as principal secretary, agriculture. Gupta has been sent to revenue department in the same capacity. Anil Sagar takes over as secretary, backward welfare commission, and Suresh Kumar as MD PCF.

DM Hamirpur Mannan Akhtar becomes DM Jalaun in place of NS Pandey. Shailendra Kumar Singh takes over as new DM of Lakhimpur Kheri from Akash Deep, K Balaji becomes DM Ghazipur in place of Sanjay Kumar Khatri who becomes DM Rae Bareli.

Ritu Maheshwari takes over as DM Ghaziabad, Shambhu Kumar as DM Pratapgarh, Kumar Prashant DM Fatehpur, Pradeep Kumar DM Mainpuri, Monika Rani DM Farrukhabad and Anil Kumar as DM Faizabad. Abrar Ahmed has been appointed secretary UPRERA and Anil Dhingra, vice chairman of Agra Development Authority. Yashwant Rao takes over as the new registrar of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Law University.